Photos: Gandhi impersonators break world record

Updated 0237 GMT (1037 HKT) October 3, 2012

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Photos:Gandhi impersonators break world record

Gandhi impersonators break world record – Some 1,000 Indian students dressed as Mahatma Gandhi for Gandhi's 143rd birth anniversary on Tuesday, October 2, in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad. Officials from Guinness World Records presented a certificate to the organizer and 1000 participants confirming a new world record for the number of people in Gandhi attire.

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Gandhi impersonators break world record – A schoolboy dressed as Gandhi takes part in a march on Tuesday.

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Gandhi impersonators break world record – Schoolchildren march in their Gandhi attire on Tuesday.

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Gandhi impersonators break world record – Indian students dressed in the attire of Mahatma Gandhi assemble in Ahmedabad for the Ahinsa Dandi Yatra, which follows the walk Gandhi led in 1930 to protest the British salt tax.

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Gandhi impersonators break world record – Jain Muni Shri Tarun Sagarji, center, accepts a certificate from an official of Guinness World Records.

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Gandhi impersonators break world record – Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948) is seen in London in 1931.